Introduction] Works 1860 Southey provides his own introduction in which he refutes the notion that his change from his radical youth to his Tory adulthood was somehow inappropriate and refuses to apologize for his "juvenile" work .

Hone 1817 The Hone 1817 edition contains a "New Preface Suitable to Recent Circumstances" as well as additional excerpts from David Hume's History of England. The preface makes a considerable mockery of Southey's turn from his radical past to his conservative place as Poet Laureate for the current monarchy. Similar contemporary reactions can be found in the critical heritage section of the archive.